Morning Prayer O God, come to our aid.   All: O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,   as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Psalm All: O God, arise above the heavens. Alleluia. My heart is ready, O God –   my heart is ready.   I shall sing and make music. Awake, my glory!   Rise up, harp and lyre!   We will awaken the dawn.

I will proclaim you to the peoples, O Lord,   sing of you to the nations: for your kindness is great, it reaches the heavens;   great is your faithfulness, high as the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;   let your glory stretch over the earth. Give deliverance to your beloved,   let your right hand bring safety – answer my prayer!

God has spoken from his holy place: “I shall triumph, dividing Shechem,   measuring off the vale of Succoth. Mine is Gilead, mine is Manasseh;   Ephraim my helmet, Judah my sceptre. But Moab shall be my wash-basin,   on Edom I will place my sandal;   I will cry in triumph over the Philistine.” Who shall lead me to the fortified city?   Who shall lead me to Edom?

Surely you, God – although you rejected us.   Will you not come out, O God, with our armies? Give us help in our troubles,   for vain is the help of man. With God we shall triumph –   he will trample our enemies.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,   as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,   world without end. Amen. All: O God, arise above the heavens. Alleluia.

Psalm All: The Lord will make justice and praise spring up in the sight of the nations. Alleluia. I will rejoice with joy in the Lord,   and my spirit shall be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation   and wrapped me round with the robe of justice, like a bridegroom decked with a crown,   like a bride adorned with her jewels.

Just as the earth sends up its shoots,   and the garden makes its seeds to sprout, so the Lord God will make justice spring up   and praise before all the nations. For Zion’s sake I will not be silent,   for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be still until her justice comes forth as brightness,   and her salvation is lit up like a torch.

And the Gentiles shall see your justice,   and all the kings see your glory. You shall be called by a new name,   chosen by the mouth of the Lord. You shall be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord,   a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

No longer called “Forsaken,”   your land no longer called “Desolate,” you will be called “My pleasure in her,”   and your land “The Wedded”; for the Lord has been well pleased with you,   and your land will receive its bridegroom.

For as a young man takes a virgin to wife,   so will your sons take you; and as a husband takes joy in his spouse,   so your God will rejoice at you.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,   as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,   world without end. Amen. All: The Lord will make justice and praise spring up in the sight of the nations. Alleluia.

Psalm All: The Lord will reign for ever. He is your God, O Sion. Alleluia. Praise the Lord, my soul.   I will praise the Lord all my life,   make music to my God as long as I exist.

Do not trust in princes to save you,   they are only sons of men. One day their breath will leave them, they will return to the ground;   on that day perish all their plans.

Happy the one whose help is the God of Jacob,   whose hope is in the Lord his God, who made heaven and earth and all that is in them,   who keeps faith for ever,   who gives justice to the oppressed,   who gives food to the hungry.

The Lord frees prisoners,   he gives light to the blind,   he raises the fallen. The Lord loves the upright, cares for strangers,   sustains orphans and widows;   but the wicked he sends astray. The Lord will reign for all ages,   your God, O Zion, from generation to generation.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,   as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,   world without end. Amen. All: The Lord will reign for ever. He is your God, O Sion. Alleluia.

Reading Romans 6:8-11 Short Responsory The Lord has risen from the dead, alleluia, alleluia. All: The Lord has risen from the dead, alleluia, alleluia. For our sake he died on the cross, alleluia, alleluia.

All: The Lord has risen from the dead, alleluia, alleluia. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

Canticle All: I, the Light, have come into the world, so that whoever believes in me will stay in the darkness no more. Alleluia. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel! He has visited his people and redeemed them. He has raised up for us a mighty saviour In the house of David his servant, As he promised by the lips of holy men, Those who were his prophets from of old.

A saviour who would free us from our foes, From the hands of all who hate us. So his love for our fathers is fulfilled And his holy covenant remembered. He swore to Abraham our father to grant us,  that free from fear, and saved from the hands of our foes, we might serve him in holiness and justice all the days of our life in his presence.

As for you, little child,  you shall be called a prophet of God, the Most High. You shall go ahead of the Lord To prepare his ways before him. To make known to his people their salvation Through forgiveness of all their sins, The loving-kindness of the heart of our God Who visits us like the dawn from on high.

He will give light to those in darkness, Those who dwell in the shadow of death, And guide us into the way of peace.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,  world without end. Amen. All: I, the Light, have come into the world, so that whoever believes in me will stay in the darkness no more. Alleluia.

Prayers and Intersessions Let us pray to God, who manifested to the apostles the glory of the risen Christ. All: Glorify us, Lord, with the glory of Christ. Father, we praise you today with grateful hearts, because you have called us into your own marvellous light;   help us always to see your loving-kindness.

Through your Holy Spirit strengthen and purify men;   give them new heart in their struggle to improve the quality of life. All: Glorify us, Lord, with the glory of Christ. May we pour out our lives in the service of men:   bless our efforts, that the whole of humanity may become a sacrifice acceptable to you.

Our Father At the start of the day fill our hearts with your love;   let the praise of your glory be the joy of our lives. All: Glorify us, Lord, with the glory of Christ. Our Father